20 MARCH 1915, Page 18

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE -srscnirca.")

have jest seen your review of Mr. Perey's hook, and I happen to possess the book itself. From the volume, and (it seems like a bull to say) from the review also, I miss the following. A clergyman of my acquaintance once ended a sermon as follows: "In conclusion, brethren, I pray that I and all of you, having steered our barks over the barren sands of Time, may cast anchor in the green pastures of a happy Eternity." Another clergyman, preaching on behalf of a new branch of a missionary society, said: "I must confess, brethren, that our work is in an early stage, but I do claim that we have driven in the thin end of the wedge, and devoutly hope that ere long we may leaven the whole lump."—I am,